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Nice one guys. You made a great choice here, and I wish you every success. Can't wait to see you on the tide. Tight lines T

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Adam, Are you starting with the bare mouldings or is she partialy fitted? I'm sure you've thought of it but, t'would be great to see the progression photos as you do the work.

................... Don't know about you, but I've got cabin fever.......... Ooops Now I'm at it

Oooooooooh really fellas,................. aren't we off topic again..................

Nice one Bob. Hope you find a cracking replacement........you guys.........

cut 8" length. Make a loop and hold along your main line. Holding the loop and one of the tag ends along your line, pass the other tag end through the loop and therefore around your main line 5 or 6 times Wet and pull up with the tags to form a water knot Trim tags as required. Always wet before adjusting along the main line T

Hole drilled.............. Skin fitting in........... Galeforce pump x 45 litres /min to 100 litre tank with snap release for deck wash

Yoooooooool not be needing them Rob....... You can't have spent all your winnings from 2007 yet can yee?.......

Charlie Are we talking modest thresher or massive porbeagle A 10 foot porgy would be a very big fish..........500lb + T

Many thanks Toerag, very useful guide. By the way what's different about the Mi 21 'special flexy hull edition'

Takes a bit of punishment to de-sensitize them............. eh Alun. Few more trips and he'll be brousing boatsandoutboards..........

Thanks chaps, All this helps expand my thinking.....

Time to make up our minds as to the most appropriate antifoul to apply. We're not sure what's on there at the moment as we left on what was there when we bought her. That said observations tell us it IS quite toxic as the grass under her died whilst she was layed up. Secondly it is quite a hard finish as it's been on fo at least three years to our knowledge. Very little fouling this year........ just a little slime that sprayed off in half an hour even after 8 months in he drink. It's looking patchy now and rough where new has been topped on old without much prep. (before we had her) Any opinions out there on what might be best practice and material? Ah yes.....and mooring will remain on the river, mainly fresh water, for now.

'twas there today and tis bis as usual.

'bout 60.00168 kgs Jack. That's the same as 4 bushels of rocks oooooooor 132lbs, 4oz, 217.28 grains...............ish

Happy Birthday Martin............ Relax, take the day off, and antifoul AWOL,

Thanks Chaps, Galeforce seems worth a punt, if you choose the right one...........any objectors? Which one's the wrong'un then Paul? 25 litre/min @1.2m would do us. T

I can hire the kit from my local agricultural engineer!

Looking for an in-line raw water pump to service live-well and deck wash. In the region of 1500 litres / hr I guess, Jabsco. Anyone got one around please? T

I've a few metres of 316 if anyone is short

Wow! Spent an hour at tide top last night down on the quay...............and wow, hasn't the topography changed there a bit dramatically. Bits and bobs sticking up all over the place. I wouldn't like to make a turn out at the groin, at the same time as one coming in. 'Otter's' now on dry land to have a health check and her bottom pampered Besides, wood avoidance needed at the trot mooring as well as in the bay. Not worth making it hard work and butt tweaking as well.

Pete you have a PM

By the way............ I'm not a bl@@dy tourist, I fish selectively, returning unwanted/not needed fish carefully alive to the tide, I do not discard perfectly good fish dead into the sea. Perhaps the idiot who wrote that should spend a week on a trawler and a week on a pleasure angling boat at the government